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I like to think of reddit as a "glorious" mess - one which will violently offend the sensibilities of people who like order and sensible product design. If it

I like to think of reddit as a "glorious" mess - one which will violently offend the sensibilities of people who like order and sensible product design. If it helps, its worth considering reddit as a template for what can be improved. I have no idea why the redesign was introduced, especially since there are now apps as well. However, there is an increasing amount of study on how reddit operates, and how users move through the site. Its the maze which we can learn from - and its moderation is at least hopefully overturned by humans as opposed to the gnomic monoliths of FB and other imperial social networks.

SOLAR_FIELDS 5y ago
The redesign was quite obviously introduced for the express purpose of monetization. In the old UI, ads can only take up so much space. The 3rd link down from the list (which is typically the link where promoted content is placed) in old.reddit takes up perhaps 7% of total available screen space. In the new UI, users are forced to look at full screen advertisements, which advertisers are willing to pay a lot more $$ for.